The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-30
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noon. My shanty 10 fifty yards
back Of the McWha stable. l was
working 10 yards from the MoWha prop:
erty, l saw Mr.. Baker and vile and
somebody with them, two or three. II
was near two o'clock, may be q little after,
by the time we worked by. Mr.. and Mrs.
Baker were right forninst where I WINS
working. The new orchard lays up toward
the Cumberland road. The three.cor.
nered piece 10 alongside Of 1t. I took q
walk 10 SEQ how my boy WAS getting along
hauling, whore the dump 10 now on the
new railroad. ! walked over towards the
bank near the pike. Thomas Gardner
came to mo; we sat down there and
talked say fifteen minhtes. While We
were there saw nobody. Gardner left
and went towards Lees. l went back
towards wherc had been at work. Not
long after l went to the railroad bridge
ssopped on The way to hear man talk.
SEEN AFTER BAKER LEFT. "
I met Baker as returned going toward
the railroad. I came back to my stable.
Baker pulled his watch out and said II
was half past s and he had but little time.
! went OUT In the yard about three Zee.
from tho McWha fence. When came
back, went down 10 the bank. ]
saw Mrs. Baker out In the back yard; ]
was nine or ten steps from the ience
where the jury stood the other day Il
near where l stood. Where Mr.. Cool
stood was about where Mrs. Baker stood
y have known Mrs. Baker some time
This was about 4 o'clock, nearly an houl
after l had seen Baker going TO the rail
road. Invent back to tho shanty. va
Two men came to my shanty that night
They came down the Cumberland road
This was about 7 o'clock. s
They talked with Mr.. Frank, my
driver-those men were gone when
came back TO Mr.. Lees, where l had gon
after milk. These were the two men VII,
were put under arrest by the coroner,
Gross examined-I lived in shait,
which I WAS in the habit OF haulin
around on a wagon. have moved |
three times. lam in the habit OF fxin
my wagon when 1t needs 1t. This WAS th
| 9th Of May. We kept our time is the way
know 1t was the 9th Of May. sprangl
helped me to fix the wagon.bed. W
started to work ct 1t aftor dinner. W
ate dinner at half.past twelve o'clock, N.
sons. myself and the man sprangle.
could not tell the exact time we got don
our dinner. l did not zee where Sam o
sprangle went to. l suppose We wer
fifteen minutes at dinner. I don't kno,
how long before we went to work on tn
J wagon. They quit work at twelve and &
to work at one o'clock. Can't say ho,
soon We went to work at the wagon. W
were there till near three o'clock. Gam
say when we went to work.. Quit some
time Dear three o'clock. may have gon
out three or four times to the bank to SO
how my boy was getting along haulin
apple trees on the new railroad. Stoppe
each time from ten minutes to hall a
hour. = ~ q-f E5s
When Gardner came out to me 1t was,
suppose, near 8 O'clock; did not sto
long. l walked back; found pin Of m
wagon was missing; went to the railroat
bridge to get Ii. Don't know whethe
|Sprauglea went out to help me at th
wagon, just after dinner or not. l did tn
work; Sprangles helped me- to saw som
| with the cross cut saw; he went away
| My watch was in the house hanging on
nail. 1t is onefourth OF q mile f,om m,
Bhsnty to the railroad bridge; Sprangle
went with me; he had been discharged
| be was not working at that time
| know it was shout 8 o'clock because
was about three-fourths Of an hour be
lore the train went up. ! alao met Bake